AC 91-74A

Historical

Advisory circular · Pilot Guide: Flight In Icing Conditions

A newer version is currentThis is a historical version. AC 91-74B is the version in force, approved October 8, 2015.
Approved
December 31, 2007
Last reviewed
August 2, 2024
Cancels
AC91-74
Cancelled by
AC91-74B
Family
AC 91-74 · 3 versions
Revision
A
14 CFR parts
91, 121, 125, 135
Cited by
1 AD

Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed November 21, 2025.

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Appendix 4 APPENDIX 4. RECOMMENDED READING

1. This AC was developed as an easy-to-read resource on flight in icing conditions. As of the date of publication, this AC contains the most current information available. The suggested reading list that follows may not have been updated recently but may contain other useful and valid information. For more detailed information, pilots are referred to the following U.S.

Government publications:

a. Aeronautical Information Manual.

b. AC 00-6A, Aviation Weather for Pilots and Flight Operations Personnel.

c. AC 00-45F, Aviation Weather Services.

d. AC 20-29B, Use of Aircraft Fuel Anti-icing Additives.

e. AC 20-73A, Aircraft Ice Protection.

f. AC 20-113, Pilot Precautions and Procedures to be Taken in Preventing Aircraft Reciprocating Engine Induction System and Fuel System Icing Problems.

g. AC 20-117, Hazards Following Ground Deicing and Ground Operations in Conditions Conducive to Aircraft Icing.

h. AC 23.1419-2D, Certification of Part 23 Airplanes for Flight in Icing Conditions.

i. AC 91-51A, Effect of Icing on Aircraft Control and Airplane Deice and Anti-Ice Systems.

j. AC 150/5220-16C, Automated Weather Observing Systems for Non-Federal Applications.

k. NTSB Aircraft Accident Report AAR-96-01, In-flight Icing Encounter and Loss of Control Simmons Airlines, d.b.a. American Eagle Flight 4184 Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) Model 72–212, N401AM Roselawn, Indiana; October 31, 1994.

l. P-8740-24, Tips on Winter Flying — FAA Accident Prevention Program Publication.

2. For related reading materials, refer pilots to the following publications.

a. Buck, Robert N., Weather Flying, McGraw-Hill, Fourth Edition; 1998.

b. De Remer, Dale, Aircraft Systems for Pilots, Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., 1996.

c. Flight Safety Digest, Protection Against Icing: A Comprehensive Overview, June-Sept. 1997, Flight Safety Foundation, 1997.

d. Hurt Jr., H. H., Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators, U.S. Navy, 1991.

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e. Job, Macarthur, Air Disaster (Volume I), Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd., 1994.

f. Job, Macarthur, Air Disaster (Volume II), Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd., 1996.

g. MaChado, Rod, Instrument Pilot’s Survival Manual, The Aviation Speakers Bureau, 1997.

h. Newton, Dennis, Severe Weather Flying, McGraw-Hill, 1983.

i. Wild, Thomas W. Transport Category Aircraft Systems, Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., 1990.

j. Mason, et al, The Ice Particle Threat to Engines in Flight. AIAA 2006, 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences meeting and Exhibit, 9-12 January 2006, Reno, Nevada.